Chapter 896: During Operation

Lu Weiyi sneered in his heart, and his eyes swept around the people around him, and asked calmly, "Brother Su, are you living too easily in your base?"

"Huh?" Su Yan had just called someone to take Ji Heng away, and didn't realize what he meant by this question.

"Because you have an easy life, everyone dares to spread rumors about me." Lu Weiyi glanced at the other team members hiding in the crowd and teased jokingly, "Who sent this lunatic here? How about I find something for you to do?"

"No, no." Su Yan immediately raised his hand to gesture, and glanced at the person next to him with a sharp look. The other person immediately grabbed Ji Heng, covered his mouth, and forcibly pulled him away from Lu Weiyi.

Lu Weiyi watched Ji Heng struggle with a calm gaze, as if making a declaration. "My parents fell from a building and died when I was very young. I was raised by my family bodyguards and my only remaining relatives are around me. I hope everyone will not spread rumors."

"Also, I have some unfortunate news to share with you all. Meteorological experts predict that after the next solar storm, the ground may no longer be suitable for A-level psychics to roam. Please take care of yourselves."

Lu Weiyi dropped another blockbuster bomb and was escorted away by Su Yan's team, without giving these people any time to react or ask questions.

After leaving the underground city, Su Yan asked uncertainly, "Were you joking just now?"

"Do you think I'm a jokester?" Lu Weiyi was puzzled when he saw Su Yan's shocked look. "Didn't I tell you before that the solar storm will reach a peak in the next five years? Didn't you know that?"

"Isn't there still a glimmer of hope in my heart?"

"Don't hope anymore. Our base has already made such a big move, and you are still holding on to unrealistic hopes. Hurry up and build a safe place."

Su Yan sighed heavily, and after a while he adjusted himself, and talked about what happened in the morning, "The base is now a merger of several bases. No one has the ability to unify, and no one is willing to submit to anyone else. They are quite scattered. Someone must want to use them to test you. I am too busy to handle my own business, and I really can't control others."

"It's okay, I have a good temper now." If it were a few years ago when Zhuang Mingxu's leg was not good, and they dared to come to test him, Lu Weiyi would definitely have people torture them again and teach the people behind them a lesson. Now that he is doing well, these people don't want to get into his eyes and naturally treat them as strangers.

"Okay, just don't take it to heart."

With more people, their speed slowed down, attracting more attention from the mutant animals, which further restricted their movements, and they only reached their previous location in the afternoon.

"Li Zhuang is on the opposite side of the storm belt, probably in this area, trying to build an underground bridge." Lu Weiyi divided an area for Su Yan.

"After it is opened, can we get in touch again?" Su Yan felt excited when he heard him say this. After all, Yuebanwan took away all the high-end talents, and all the bases here fell into panic.

"Yes." Lu Weiyi looked at Su Yan with pity, but he was embarrassed to tell him that their base had already come up with a series of charging measures, just waiting to slaughter the fat sheep.

I just don't know if the other person will be able to laugh by then.

"How are you going to get there?" Su Yan took a look around and found that everything was still the same, so he asked Lu Weiyi about the next route.

"Just go ahead," he said, looking at Qin Jin, "How many people are you taking with you?"

Qin Jin glanced at Cheng Qi and the others and asked about the distribution of zombies near Su Yan.

"Our area has been basically cleared. There are relatively few zombies that appear alone. The ones that gather are still in the city center before the apocalypse. Those places are now covered with tall trees, and zombies are hard to guard against. We basically won't set foot there anymore." Su Yan's eyes swept over Cheng Qi and the others, and he couldn't help but worry when he thought of their level. "You want to keep them?"

"Wouldn't it be nice to give you some practice?" Lu Weiyi said with a smile.

"Brother, stop teasing me. Look at the scattered forces in our base. Do they look like they can unite and practice together? You left these powerful weapons here. Isn't this the rhythm of our group being wiped out?"

Lu Weiyi chuckled. Qin Jin felt that it was inappropriate to hear him say that. If they didn't know that Cheng Qi was nearby, the base being besieged by zombies would not involve them. Otherwise, if something happened, they would definitely be the first suspect. For the time being, he didn't want to have a conflict with humans.

"Then take them all with you, and leave them to Li Zhuang to help you when you get there," Qin Jin said, then he remembered the method they had adopted, "Can you do this?"

"It will only delay some time," Lu Weiyi said, and released the Phoenix directly. He controlled the little green branch to tie up Cheng Qi and sent him up. When the Phoenix took off, its two claws also grabbed two of the other eight zombies.

Among all the people present, only Lu Weiyi and Qin Jin could see the scene in front of them. The others only knew that such things would exist after the SSS level. Even though they couldn’t see anything in front of them, they still watched the three zombies flying into the sky with curiosity and envy.

"Is this a spiritual body?" Su Yan was curious, "What animal is your spiritual power from?"

"It's...Phoenix." Lu Weiyi felt a little embarrassed to say this in front of Qin Jin. But if the Phoenix heard him introducing it as a peacock to others again, it would probably nag him again. And then the Phoenix would have to work hard to return to the base, so he didn't provoke it at this critical juncture.

"The legendary phoenix?" Su Yan was surprised, and others also looked over.

"Maybe, who knows."

"You are truly the chosen one. I can't even envy you enough." Su Yan clicked his tongue twice, watching the three zombies turn into a small dot in front of them that was still rising. "What's going on up there?"

"It's the same as here." Lu Weiyi picked up a small stone and threw it towards the area engulfed by the storm. It was instantly smashed to pieces. "The height of the entire storm belt is about 500 meters, but the suction is very strong. Everything around 1,000 meters will be sucked in. The height needs to reach over 1,500 meters to pass smoothly."

"I haven't had time to explore the length and underground." Lu Weiyi was also staring at the height where the phoenix was, and he didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he saw them disappear from his sight.

"Did you get there smoothly?" Su Yan's mood at this moment could no longer be described as envious. "What is the motivation for the spiritual body to move? Is it the same as ordinary animals?"

"Based on its own superpowers, if my superpowers are sufficient, it can fly higher. Once the superpowers are insufficient, it will dissipate immediately."

After sending the three zombies to the vicinity of Li Zhuang, Lu Weiyi took back the Phoenix. He considered the difficulty of sending it again immediately with the supernatural power in his body. He glanced at Qin Jin and shook his head slightly.

Qin Jin understood, and made an excuse to go and explore the end of the storm belt. He parted ways with Su Yan, giving Lu Weiyi time to rest and recover his supernatural powers.

Including the eight people who turned into zombies at the Yuebanwan base, there were fifteen people in total. It took Lu Weiyi three days to send everyone to the other end of the storm belt.

Because of this delay, there were only a few days left before Zhuang Mingxu's surgery. After settling the zombies with Li Zhuang, Lu Weiyi pulled Qin Jin to sit directly on the back of the Phoenix and headed towards the base.

"It seems that we are the ones who slowed you down along the way. It's great to have a spirit body that can fly." It was the first time for Qin Jin to ride on someone else's spirit body. It was also his first experience flying thousands of meters high. Everything he saw was strange.

The phoenix, hearing his praise, had no sense of modesty at all. It let out a loud cry and immediately wanted to take them to a higher place.

Only when Lu Weiyi pulled him back did he hold back his excitement. “We’ll be on the road for a while, so be careful not to use up all the energy.”

[Ga ga, ga ga ga——]

It was useless for Fenghuang to curse and accuse him, but Lu Weiyi didn't mind, "This consumes a lot of energy. I basically don't do this when I'm alone. Otherwise, once the energy is used up, it's easy to get into danger."

"Indeed." Qin Jin glanced at the ground on this side. There was nothing special except more mountains.

But the closer he got, the more nervous he became, as if his stopped heartbeat was recovering, and he was having a hard time concentrating because of the noise.

A day later, familiar steep mountains appeared in his sight. After wandering for several months, Lu Weiyi finally returned home and felt indescribably relieved.

"Come on, I'll take you to my base and let you feel what the most advanced base looks like."

Lu Weiyi waved his hand excitedly and let the phoenix land directly at the entrance of the base.

The smooth and steep mountain wall was a thousand meters high. Qin Jin looked around and saw that a heavy door more than two meters high had opened in the mountain wall in front of him. Only a faint firelight could be seen in the dark passage, illuminating a passage.

"This is an artificial cliff, which is designed to withstand possible attacks from outside. Its thickness was nearly ten meters before, and it seems to be even thicker now." Lu Weiyi introduced it to Qin Jin in a childish manner, like a child showing off something good, and led the way into the passage.

However, as soon as they went out, they were pointed at by fully armed psychic team members at the exit with guns and shouted at them not to move.

Qin Jin had seen the weapons of Duiyuebanwan before, so he did not dare to underestimate them. He took a step back silently and laughed at Lu Weiyi, "Your base?"

"..."Lu Weiyi.

He also felt a little embarrassed, so he gritted his teeth and said that the management was strict.

"The instrument has detected the presence of zombies among you. Heavy weapons are targeting this place. We advise you not to move."

The leading man had a buzz cut and was wearing a black uniform of the base army. Lu Weiyi couldn't recognize him because he was wrapped up all over. "Tell me your name, team affiliation, and identity information."

"..."Lu Weiyi.

He finally experienced the feeling of being stopped at the door by security guards when going to his own shopping mall before the end of the world.

"Lu Weiyi, the base commander of Yuebanwan Base." Lu Weiyi looked at the group of people holding guns who surrounded him, "Excuse me, can I come in?"

“…”

"Puchi."

Except for Qin Jin's uncontrollable laughter, the surroundings were dead silent.

The man in front of him swallowed hard, but still didn't let go. "I'm sorry, I need to check your identity, please wait a moment."

"Can".

The man turned and ran, stumbling a bit, which made Qin Jin unable to control his smile. He teased, "Is this the frontier base you mentioned?"

Lu Weiyi covered his face and felt a little embarrassed.

After a while, a bald man and a man strode back. They saw Lu Weiyi jogging towards them from a distance and said, "Base commander, you're back."

"You're back." Lu Weiyi stared at the bald man in front of him for several times, but still couldn't recognize which team he was from.

"I'm Zhao Lei from Team 4." The bald man laughed and touched his big bald head, revealing a long scar on his head.

"You're awake. How's your recovery?" Zhao Lei was still unconscious before Lu Weiyi left. In order to get him treatment, his brother Zhao Gang dragged his two amputated legs and ran around with him desperately.

"I'm all right now, thank you base commander for saving my life," Zhao Lei laughed until tears welled up in his eyes. "I thought I was dead, but my brother told me that it was you who helped restore his legs and kept him working in the base. Thank you so much."

"You deserve it. If you hadn't fought so hard, I wouldn't have survived to wake up." Lu Weiyi wanted to pat the other person's shoulder, but found that he was a head shorter than him, so he silently withdrew his hand. "You have lived up to the trust of the base, and I will not give up on you. This is mutual."

Zhao Lei nodded continuously and said, "Come in quickly, I'll take you back to the base. The brothers will definitely be very happy to know you're back."

"But, Captain, the instrument detected a loss..." The man who left spoke again.

"This is the experimental subject I brought back." In order to avoid trouble, Lu Weiyi gave Qin Jin a wink, and Qin Jin cooperated by restraining his expression and standing behind Lu Weiyi.

After Lu Weiyi registered Qin Jin, he led his men to the base.

It was noon at this time, and the thin ray of light from the sky above was not enough to illuminate the entire underground. In addition, with the increase in population, the mountains on both sides have been developed a lot, and the torches lit everywhere can only illuminate a small area, making the whole base look more and more like a ghost town.

This was a far cry from what Lu Weiyi had imagined. He himself was a little confused, not to mention Qin Jin.

However, compared to the bases he had seen before, this place was indeed thriving. Zhao Lei knew that he had not been back for a long time, and introduced him to the teams and places along the way. Fortunately, the environment was dark, and although there were many people coming and going, no one would stare at others, so that almost no one recognized him when he passed by.

Qin Jin, on the other hand, was very interested in the stalls on the road and would occasionally stop for a while.

"The payment information we are using now should be re-bound. I haven't processed it yet and I don't have any money." Qin Jin naturally had no money on him. He was worried that the other party would ask him again. Wouldn't it be embarrassing to say it out loud? So he quickly expressed his position in advance.

Qin Jin glanced at him with disdain, took out a crystal core directly from the space, and asked Zhao Lei, "Can it be used as currency?"

"No, no, I have money in my account, you can just swipe mine, and I'll ask the finance department to reimburse me later." Zhao Lei came all the way here and realized that this was obviously a friend brought by Lu Weiyi. Even though he didn't know why he came in as an experimental subject, he wouldn't say anything more at this time.

“No need.” Qin Jin threw the crystal core towards him and smashed it towards Zhao Lei.

Zhao Lei hurriedly took it and turned his head to look at Lu Weiyi.

"Take it. He has plenty of crystal cores." Lu Weiyi looked at the clothes that Qin Jin was staring at. They were obviously stored before the end of the world. They were packaged in plastic bags with trademarks. Now that they were made of linen, they looked particularly stylish.

Although he wanted to tell him directly that there were plenty of them in the base warehouse, thinking that this might be the gift he bought for Yin Jin and the others, Lu Weiyi didn't say anything and waited patiently for him to choose.

He had almost learned the latest news about the base. Qin Jin had also become famous on this street. Lu Weiyi had not expected that the news of his return would spread along with the appearance of a nouveau riche on the street.

By the time Qin Jin felt that it was about time, two hours had passed. Fortunately, they were quick and managed to avoid the people who came to surround them and try to sell their products.

When Lu Weiyi and Qin Jin returned to the villa, thinking of giving the team a surprise, they found that there was no one in the villa, not even the children were at home.

"Where are your family members?" Lu Weiyi asked the guard on duty at the door.

"Reporting to the base commander, today... is the day of Base Commander Zhuang's surgery. Everyone go to the hospital." ”

"Didn't you say tomorrow?" Lu Weiyi didn't dare to delay along the way and deliberately came one day earlier. Who would have thought that he still couldn't make it.

"We're not quite sure either."

"Lead the way, take me there," Lu Weiyi said, and looked at Qin Jin, "Do you want to stay here, or should I let Zhao Lei take you to Yin Jin's house?"

"I'll go to the hospital with you to check on Mingxu's condition first." Qin Jin suppressed his nervousness and followed Lu Weiyi towards the base hospital.

The base hospital is divided into two parts. The outer part is where people often go, mainly for minor injuries and illnesses, and Chinese medicine is the main treatment.

The other one is in the inner city, located underground and surrounded by special walls. The incandescent lighting is no different from before the end of the world. Various medical instruments can be used, mainly for the treatment of major diseases.

This time, Zhuang Mingxu's surgery was scheduled on the third underground floor. The entire floor was dedicated to him alone. The adjacent wards were vacated to become children's bedrooms and temporary studios.

At this time, everyone in the team gathered here, sitting or standing, with anxiety and uneasiness on everyone's face.

When Lu Weiyi pushed the door open, he saw this scene, which shattered his optimism.

"Team leader".

"Lu Xiaoyi".

"team leader".

"Master, why are you back?"

Everyone looked at him in surprise, and Lu Weiyi immediately saw two little children sitting alone at the heavy door of the operating room.

Zhuang Aiyi held Taotao's hand tightly, his little body standing straight, looking particularly pitiful against the backdrop of the heavy operating room door. He turned around when he heard the voice, surprise flashed across his eyes, and then tears flowed down.

"Little dad, why did you come back just now?"

He cried and questioned, his body shaking with grievance.

"Sorry, Dad is back late." Lu Weiyi stepped forward and picked up the two children, and asked Lin Yimu who came over, "Brother Damu, what's going on? Li Zhuang told me that the surgery would be tomorrow, how come it was suddenly brought forward?"

Meeting his serious gaze, Lin Yimu sighed, "Mingxu fell into a coma yesterday and hasn't woken up yet. The doctor said we can't wait any longer."

Lu Weiyi took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, "Prepare sterile clothes for me, I'll go in and take a look."

"Young Master, they have been inside for a while. If you go in now, it might affect them." Seeing that he looked unhappy, others did not dare to approach him. Only Lin Yimu dared to step forward to persuade him.

"I'll just take a look."

Lu Weiyi insisted, and Lin Yimu could not stop him by force. He called someone to come and change him into a sterile suit, and then had him taken inside.

Hospitals in every place have similar white walls, and the air is filled with the smell of disinfectant. Even in the end times, there are no accidents. The young nurse who led him here had already greeted the people in the operating room in advance, and when she brought him in, several surgeons looked over.

"You guys continue, I just..." Lu Weiyi wanted to say that he would not participate, but when he saw Zhuang Mingxu lying on the operating table with his whole head fixed, unconscious as if dead, his eyes instantly turned red.

Gu Qingyue, the surgical assistant, immediately stepped forward and said, "The operation hasn't started yet. We have prepared two plans. Now that you are back, we will use your special abilities to implement the second one."

"It's okay. Even if it really comes to the point of surgery, everything is ready. This kind of surgery was very common before the apocalypse, and there won't be any accidents." Gu Qingyue would never say such affirmative words to any patient under normal circumstances. As a doctor, not making any guarantees is the experience he has summed up over all his years of medical practice, but the person in front of him is his good friend and captain.

"Is it okay?" Lu Weiyi looked at the other doctors.

Several doctors looked at each other, and the surgeon in charge spoke first, "In theory, it is possible, but we have not seen how your special powers work, so we cannot assist and give good advice. In view of the greater risk of surgery, we still hope to use the surgical process to perform the craniotomy. We can also guide you on where to use your special powers specifically. What do you think?"

"Okay." Lu Weiyi was pretending to be calm at this time, and just followed their instructions. He had no idea what he had agreed to.

Fortunately, Gu Qingyue was exceptionally calm at this time, and Xu Yi and Dean were on standby at all times, which made him feel a lot more at ease. Even when he was pushed to the front to perform the main surgery, he was able to remain calm.

After the craniotomy, the surgeon's operation revealed the area of ​​blood clots in Zhuang Mingxu's brain. Lu Weiyi followed the doctor's advice and began to clear the blood clots bit by bit.

Qin Jin, who was waiting outside the door, was just about to accompany Ning Yuan outside to smoke a cigarette when he was bumped into by someone who opened the door and ran in. He reflexively grabbed the person and looked up to see that the person in front of him was Yin Jin.

"Ouch, who is that? You squeezed the baby." Qin Nian in Yin Jin's arms shouted in a baby voice, looking up at the person who bumped into him.

The little boy had a bad memory and had forgotten about the zombie in front of him that had once captured him. He just stared at his strange eyes with curiosity.

Yin Jin stared at the familiar face in front of him that had made his heart beat up and down countless times, and he was unable to utter a word for a long time.

"Dad" Qin Nian patted Yin Jin's chest and urged him to go in quickly.

"Oh, oh, I see." Yin Jin reacted, turned sideways to avoid Qin Jin's gaze, and held Qin Nian, preparing to go inside to find Zhuang Aiyi and Tao Tao, but Qin Jin held his waist and abdomen and he couldn't leave.

Yin Jin turned sideways and tried to avoid going inside, but Qin Jin deliberately stopped him and blocked him at the door. He looked like a street thug stopping a decent woman, and Ning Yuan found it unbearable to watch.

"Ahem." He drew their attention to himself and reached out to hug Qin Nian, "Would you like to chat?"

Under normal circumstances, they would definitely ask Yin Jin's opinion first, but there was no need to go through that process at this time.

"My dad." Qin Nian buried his head in Yin Jin's arms, looking sideways at Qin Jin warily, with no intention of moving away.

Ning Yuan looked at Qin Jin and saw that he didn't say anything and had no intention of getting involved in what was happening between them. "I'm going to go smoke a cigarette, you guys do whatever you want."

After saying that, Ning Yuan turned around and left, with no intention of staying. Yin Jin wanted to call for help, but the corridor was silent at this time, so he couldn't shout loudly. As for the rest of the people at the door of the operating room, they were all looking at the two of them quietly, and the burning gossip spirit almost made Yin Jin at a loss.

"Dad, I want to go find my brother," Qin Nian was dissatisfied again.

After a while, Yin Jin had calmed down. He walked around him and carried Qin Nian inside, whispering, "Go see your uncle and aunt. They miss you very much."

"Yeah," Qin Jin responded, but did not leave. Instead, he followed him and sat next to the two children at the door of the operating room.